BRS leader K Kavitha sent to CBI custody till April 15 in connection with Delhi liquor case
The agency had arrested the Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader, who was already in judicial custody in an Enforcement Directorate case, on Thursday.
A Delhi court on Friday sent Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s custody till April 15, ANI reported
The agency had sought her custody for five days.
The CBI arrested Kavitha, who was already in judicial custody in an Enforcement Directorate case, on Thursday in the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.
Earlier on Friday, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader contended before a Delhi court that her arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation was illegal, Live Law reported.
Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhary, representing Kavitha, told the Rouse Avenue court that the CBI filed an application seeking to interrogate her, but did not give her an advance copy and did not give her the opportunity to respond.
Chaudhary further contended that although the Code of Criminal Procedure allowed the CBI to arrest the Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader, once she was in judicial custody, she could not have been arrested without the court’s explicit approval, according to Live Law.
The agency, however, said that Kavitha’s arrest was not illegal and that it had taken the court’s permission to interrogate her. It told the court that she needed to be confronted with evidence to unearth the “larger conspiracy” in the case.
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